today he has written an editorial in the "wall street journal." here is a snippet from that. president obama has allowed our leadership to atrophy, our economy is stuck in a resomething. our debt has risen to record levels, our military test bid a decade of a war is facing devastating cut thanks to the budgetary games played by the white house. finally our values have been misapplied and misunderstood by a president who thinks that weakness will win favor with our adversaries. that's the premise of the entire op ed. the difference between a weaker approach that mitt romney believes obama has as one of strength, which he is advocating. >> eric: if you listen to the interview, later on in the perks they interviewed a taliban fighter who said they covered -- they blocked out his face, who said, taliban, i'm working directly with al-qaeda. we have people inside this training facility where the american troops are training the afghany military and police. he says there are going to be more attacks. there are going to be a lot more american deaths. that's the way their new warfare